U.S. State Teacher Certification Offices
State	Address
Alabama	State Department of Education Teacher Placement and Recruitment Gordon Person Building, Room 5202 PO Box 302101 Montgomery, Alabama 36130-2101 (334) 242-9935 Fax: (334-242-0498 http://www.alsde.edu
Alaska	Alaska Department of Education & Early Development Teacher Education and Certification 801 West 10^th Street, Suite 200 Juneau, Alaska 99801-1894 (907) 465-2831 Fax: (907) 465-2441 www.eed.state.ak.us/TeacherCertification/home.html
Arizona	Department of Education Certification Unit PO Box 6490 Phoenix, Arizona 85005-6490 (602) 542-4367 Fax: (602) 542-1141 www.ade.state.az.us/certification
Arkansas	Department of Education Teacher Education and Licensure 4 Capitol Mall Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1071 (501) 682-4342 Fax: (501) 682-4898 arkedu.state.ar.us/teachers/index.htm
California	California Commission on Teaching Credentialing 1900 Capitol Avenue PO Box 944270 Sacramento, California 94244-2700 (916) 445-7254 Fax: (916) 445-7255 www.ctc.ca.gov
Colorado	Colorado Department of Education Educator Licensing Unit 201 East Colfax Avenue Denver, Colorado 90203 (303) 866-6628 Fax: (303) 866-6866 www.cde.state.co.us/index_license.htm
Connecticut	State Department of Education Bureau of Certification and Professional Development PO Box 15047 Hartford, Connecticut 06115-0471 (860-) 713-6969 Fax: (860) 713-7017 www.state.ct.us/sde E-Mail: teacher.cert@po.stat.ct.us
Delaware	Department of Education Professional Accountability The Townsend Building P.O. Box 1402 Dover, Delaware 19903-1402 (302)- 739-4686 http://www.doe.state.de.us/
District of Columbia	Educational Credentialing and Standards Branch 825 North Capitol Street NE, Sixth Floor Washington, D.C. 20002 (202)- 442-5377 or 800-TEACHDC Fax:(202)-442-5311 http://www.k12.dc.us/dcps/home.html
Florida	Florida Department of Education Bureau of Educator Certification Suite 201, Turlington Building 325 West Gaines Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400 (800)-445-6739(in state) or (850)-488-2317(out of state) Fax: (805)-408-3352 http://www.firn.edu/doe.bin00022/home0022.htm
Georgia	Georgia Professional Standards Commission Certification Section Two Peachtree Street, Suite 6000 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404)-657-9000 or (800)-869-7775 Fax: (404)-651-9185 http://www.gapsc.com
Hawaii	Office of Personal Services Teacher Recruitment Unit P.O. Box 2360 Honolulu, Hawaii 96804 (808)-586-3276 Fax: (808)-586-3419 http://www.k12hi.us/~personnl/license.html
Idaho	State Department of Education Teacher Certification/Professional Standards P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0027 (208)-332-6880 Fax:(208)-334-4664 www.sde.state.id.us/certification/
Illinois	State Board of Education Professional Certification and Testing Division 100 North 1^st Street Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001 (800)845-8749 Fax: (217)-524-1289 http://www.isbe.state.il.us/teachers/
Indiana	Indiana Professional Standards Board Teacher Licensing 251 East Ohio, Suite 201 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2133 (317)-232-9010 Fax: (317)-232-9023 www.state.in.us/psb
Iowa	Iowa State Board of Educational Examiners Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, Iowa 50310-0147 (515)-281-3245 Fax: (515)-281-7669 http://www.state.ia.us/educate/boee
Kansas	Kansas State Board of Education Certification and Teacher Education Section 120 SE 10^th Ave Topeka, Kansas 66612-1182 (785)-296-2288 Fax: (785)-296-7933 http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/cert/cert.html
Kentucky	Education Professional Standards Board Divison of Certification 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 225 Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (502)-573-4606 Fax: (502)-573-1610 http://www.kde.state.ky.us/otec/cert/default.asp
Louisiana	Louisiana Department of Education Teacher Certification and Higher Education P.O. Box 94064 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 (225)-342-3490 Fax: (225)-342-3499 http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps/home.asp
Maine	Department of Education Division of Certification 23 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 (207)-624-6603 http://www.state.me.us/education/cert/cert.html
Maryland	Certification Branch 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (410)-767-0412 Fax: (410)-333-8963 http://www.msde.state.md.us/certification/index.htm
Massachusetts	Department of Education Office of Certification and Credentialing 350 Main St. P.O. Box 9140 Malden, Massachusetts 02148-5023 (617)-388-3300 ext. 665 http://www.doe.mass.edu/educators/
Michigan	Michigan Department of Education Office of Professional Preparation Services P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, Michigan 48909 (517)373-3310 Fax: (517)-373-0542 www.michigan.gov/mde
Minnesota	Department of Children, Families and Learning Personal Licensing Team 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113-4266 (651)582-8691 Fax: (651)-582-8809 http://cfl.state.mn.us/licsn/index.html
Mississippi	State Department of Education Office of Educator Licensure 359 North West Street, P.O. Box 771 Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0771 (601)-359-3483 Fax: (601)-359-2778 http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/license/index.html
Missouri	Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Teacher Education and Certification P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0480 (314)-751-3486 http://services.dese.state.mo.us/divurbteached.teachcert
Montana	Office of Public Instruction Certification Division P.O. Box 202501 Helena, Montana 59620-2501 (406)-444-3150 Fax:(406)-444-3924 http://www.opi.state.mt.us/cert/index.html
Nebraska	Department of Education Teacher Education and Certification P.O. Box 94987 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4987 (800)-371-4642 Fax:(402)-471-0117 http://www.nde.state.ne.us/TCERT/TCERT.HTML
Nevada	Nevada Department of Education Teacher Licensing Office 1820 East Sahara Avenue, Suite 205 Las Vegas, Nevada 89104 (702)486-6458/ (702)-486-6457(voicemail) Fax: (702)-486-6450 http://www.nde.state.nv.us/licensure/ Email: license@nsn.k12.nv.us
New Hampshire	State Department of Education Bureau of Credentialing 101 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 (603)-271-2408 Fax:(603)-271-4134 http://www.ed.state.nh.us/Certification/teacher.htm
New Jersey	Department of Education Office of Licensing and Academic Credentials CN 503 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0503 (609)-292-2070 Fax: (609)-292-2768 www.state.nj.us/njded/educators/license
New Mexico	Department of Education Professional Licensure Unit 300 Don Gaspar Street Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501-2786 (505)-827-6587 Fax:(505)-827-6696 http://sde.state.nm.us/divisions/ais/licensure/index.html
New York	New York State Education Department Office of Teaching Initiatioves 5N Education Bldg. Albany, New York 12234 (518)-474-3901 Fax:(518)-473-0271 http://www.nysed.gov/tcert/homepage.htm
North Carolina	Department of Public Instruction Licensure Section 301 N. Wilmington Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2825 (919)807-3310 Fax:(919)-807-2250 http://www.ncpublicschools.org/employment.html
North Dakota	North Dakota Department of Public Instruction Education Standards and Practices Board 600 East Boulevard Avenue Bismark, North Dakota 58505-0440 (701)-328-2260 Fax:(701)-328-2461 http://www.state.nd.us/espb
Ohio	Ohio Department of Education Office of Certification and Licensure 25 South Front Street Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183 (877)644-6338 www.ode.state.oh.us/teaching~profession/Teacher/Certification_Licensure/default.asp
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Department of Education 2500 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Room 211 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-4599 (405)-521-3337 Fax: (405)-521-3337 http://www.sde.state.ok.us/pro/tcert/profstd.html
Oregon	Teacher Standards & Practices Commission 465 Commercial St. NE Salem, OR 97301 (503)-378-3586 Fax:(503)-378-4448 http://www.tspc.state.or.us/
Pennsylvania	Department of Education Bureau of Teacher Preparation and Certification 333 Market Street, 3^rd Floor Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126-0333 (717)787-2967 Fax:(717)-783-6736 http://www.teaching.state.pa.us/teaching/site/default.asp
Rhode Island	Department of Education Office of Teacher Certification 255 Westminster Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 (401)-222-4600 Fax:(401)-351-7874 http://www.ridoe.net/teacher_cert/Default.htm
South Dakota	Department of Education and Culture Affairs Teacher Education and Certification 700 Governors Drive Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2291 (605)-773-3553 Fax:(605)773-6139 www.state.sd.us/deca/account/certif.htm
Tennessee	Tennessee Department of Education Office of Teacher Licensing 710 James Robertson Parkway, 5^th Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0377 (615)-532-4885 Fax:(615)-532-7860 www.state.tn.us/education/lic_home.htm
Texas	Texas State Board for Educator Certification 1001 Trinity Austin, Texas 78701 (888)-863-5880 Fax:(512)-469-3016 http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/certinfo/certinfo.htm
Utah	Utah State Office of Education Teacher Certification Section 250 East 500 South, P.O. Box 144200 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-2400 (801)-538-7740 Fax:(801)538-7973 http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/cert/
Vermont	State of Department of Education Licensing Office 120 Sate Street Montpelier, Vermont 05620-2501 (802)-828-2445 Fax:(802)-828-5107 http://www.state.vt.us/educ/license/index.htm
Virginia	Department of Education Division of Teacher Education and Licensure P.O. Box 2120 Richmond, Virginia 23218-2831 (804)-225-2022 Fax:(804)-225-2831 http://www.pen.k12.va.us?VDOE/newvdoe/teached.html
Washington	Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Professional Certification P.O. Box 47200 Olympia, Washington 98504-7200 (360)-725-6400 Fax:(360)-586-0145 http://www.k12.wa.us/cert
West Virginia	Department of Education Office of Professional Preparation 1900 Kanawha Blvd East, Building 6, Room 337 Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0330 (304)-558-7010 or (800)-982-2378 Fax:(304)-558-0459 http://wvde.state.wv.us/certification/
Wisconsin	Department of Public Instruction Teacher Education and Licensing 125 South Webster Street. P.O. Box 7841 Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7841 (608)-266-1027 or (800)-441-4563 Fax:(608)-264-9558 www.dpi.state.wi.us/dlsis.tel
Wyoming	Professional Teaching Standards Board 2300 Capital Avenue Hathaway Building- 2^nd Floor Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002-0050 (307)-777-6248 or (307)-777-6261 Fax:(307)-777-6234 http://www.k12.wy.us?ptsb/intex.html